288: FEINGILLIUai. 



Genus PSEUDOCHLORIS, Sharpe. 



Pseudochloris uropygialis {D'Orh. Sf Lajr.). 



Pseudnchloris uropvgialis, Shai-pe, Cat. Bir§s B. M. xii. p. 776 (1888) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 119 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 325 

 (1909). 



An egg of the Grey-backed Seed-Finch is of a regular, rather 

 pointed, oval form, and very slightly glossy. The ground-colour is 

 pale bluish-white speckled all overwith brown and grej', the markings 

 being rather more numerous round the larger end. It measures 

 •83 by -6. 



1. Peru {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Pseudochloris aureiventris {FMUjjpi Sf Landb.). 



Pseudochloris aureiventris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M.xn. p. 777 (1888) ; 

 James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 2 (1802) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 325 (1909). 



The eggs of the Yellow-bellied Seed-Pinch are of a regular oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are white, sparingly speckled on 

 the broader half of the shell with chestnut-brown and lilac. Six 

 examples measure from -7 to -75 in length, and from -54 to -58 in 

 breadth. 



These eggs are of a totally different type to that referred to 

 P. uropygialis. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley .Tames Coll. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Genus PHRYGILUS, Cab. 



Phrygilus gayi {Eydou.v 4- Gervais). 



Phrygilus gayi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 781 (1888) ; Gosse, in 

 ntzgeralds Highest Andes, App. C, p. 347 (1899) ; Sharpe Hand-l 

 V. p. 326 (1909). ^ ' 



Three eggs of Gay's Finch resemble those of P. melanoderm. 

 They are greenish-blue, spotted and speckled with dull chestnut- 

 brown and lilac-grey. They measure respectively : -82 bv -63 

 •8 by -63 ; -8 by -65. ^ 



3. Puente del Inca, Andes E. A. Fitzgerald, Esq fP 1 



(P. H. Oosse). '^ ' ^ '- -'■ 



